steg
English
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /stɛɡ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛɡ
Etymology 1
editShortening of steganography.
Verb
editsteg (third-person singular simple present stegs, present participle stegging, simple past and past participle stegged)
- (transitive, informal) To conceal (data) by means of steganography.
- 1994, Virtual Bob, “Crypto Maniac”, in comp.sys.mac.programmer (Usenet):
- Stego rasterizes the image, then stegs data into the least significant bit (or LSB) of each of the RGB color values.
- 2002, the Pull, “getting started”, in alt.fan.cult-dead-cow (Usenet):
- Another project being worked on is stegging banned religious books from every language and putting them on the web.
- 2004, David Clarke, Technology and terrorism:
- It has become an article of faith that bin Laden and his associates routinely communicate through stegged messages posted on pornographic Web sites.
- 2008, Steve Walker, “Sick evil perverted pedos now helping terrorists.”, in uk.legal (Usenet):
- Sounds like nonsense to me - if you're going to pass stegged files there's plenty of anonymous dropfile sites, no need to use CP facilities which are likely to be subject to extra law enforcement, surveillance and site takedowns etc.
Etymology 2
editFrom Middle English steg, from Old Norse steggr, a word for the male of several animals, from Proto-Germanic *staggijaz. Compare stag.
Alternative forms
editNoun
editsteg (plural stegs)
- (obsolete) A gander.
- 1809, Thomas Bewick, History of British Birds:
- […] the males [geese] (Gander or Steg)
References
edit- “steg”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
editDanish
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Norse steik f (“roast”), from Proto-Germanic *staikō. Related to the verb *stikaną (“to stick”). English steak is borrowed from Old Norse.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsteg c (singular definite stegen, plural indefinite stege)
- joint (a cut of meat)
- roast (a cut of meat suited to roasting)
- roast meat, roast dinner
- (slang) attractive person
Declension
editDerived terms
editReferences
edit- “steg” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editsteg
Etymology 3
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editsteg
- imperative of stege
Middle English
editNoun
editsteg
- Alternative form of stagge
Norwegian Bokmål
editNoun
editsteg n (definite singular steget, indefinite plural steg, definite plural stega or stegene)
Synonyms
editReferences
edit- “steg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Verb
editsteg
Alternative forms
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editsteg n (definite singular steget, indefinite plural steg, definite plural stega)
Synonyms
editReferences
edit- “steg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Serbo-Croatian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Proto-Slavic *stěgъ.
Noun
editstȇg m (Cyrillic spelling сте̑г)
Swedish
editEtymology
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editsteg n
- a step (pace)
Declension
editDeclension of steg | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | steg | steget | steg | stegen |
Genitive | stegs | stegets | stegs | stegens |
See also
editVerb
editsteg
- past indicative of stiga
Further reading
edit- steg in Svensk ordbok.
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